British Television

APC Studios is handling worldwide sales for the 6×60’ psychological thriller, the English-language version of which will stream on Sundance Now in North America, Australia and New Zealand.

And completing the UKTV transition, U&Gold and U&Alibi just relaunched by reskinning their current idents:

The former looks much duller without the yellow in the wordmark…

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Paramount+, the streaming service of Paramount Global, will launch two new subscription tiers in the U.K. and Ireland on Nov. 20, its basic (with ads) and premium plans. They will join the standard tier.

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The Sun also said Lineker would leave the BBC after leading coverage of the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico.

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Eddie Redmayne’s glossy assassin series premiered last Thursday in the UK and has tracked down 3M viewers in seven days.

Sky said this figure, which includes repeats and streaming on Now, makes The Day of the Jackal its highest-rated original on record.

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Damon Hill is leaving Sky Sports at the end of the current Formula One season.

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Turnover did increase from Australian buyers, which was second only to the U.S. with a record £160 million.

That’s A$312 million based on the current exchange rate.

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Christmas schedules confirmed today. A strong year for BBC1 with Wallace and Gromit (6.10pm) and Gavin and Stacey (9pm) specials, along with Strictly (3.55pm), Doctor Who (5.10pm), Call the Midwife (7.55pm), two episodes of EastEnders (7.25pm and 10.30pm and the baffling continuation of Mrs Browns Boys (11.05pm).

ITV have pretty much waved the white flag with Emmerdale and Corrie from 6.30-8pm and the premiere of the second Downton Abbey movie at 9pm. They’ve put The Masked Singer and 1% Club on Boxing Day this year having been on Christmas Day last year.

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What it’s still going? I thought it was past its use-by-date after the 3rd series. It’s all the same jokes that was hilarious when it aired but ain’t even half funny anymore.